Plant City, FL – A 6-year-old boy was struck by a car Monday afternoon just before 4:30 p.m. as he ran out into the street. The child suffered a head injury. The boy is conscious, and authorities expect the child to be OK. Police claim that the vehicle that struck…
San Juan, Puerto Rico – A wave of illness, suspected of being a norovirus, swept across the cruise line that operates the Queen Mary 2 last month, causing 201 passengers to fall ill. According to a spokeswoman for Cunard Line, the owner of the ship, the gastrointestinal illness outbreak subsided…
Former chief of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn has reportedly reached an agreement to settle a civil suit filed by the hotel maid that accused him of rape. According to the New York Times, full details of the settlement are unknown, but the French media reported that Strauss-Kahn would…
Two passengers were killed and three critically injured last weekend when a too-tall charter bus crashed into the bottom of a concrete over pass at Miami International Airport. The bus driver drove into the overpass despite multiple warning signs that told drivers the overpass could only accommodate vehicles under 8-feet-6-inches…
Incident reports released by the Food and Drug Administration have cited that Monster Energy, a beverage that is highly-caffeinated may have caused five deaths within the last three years. These reports were recently obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the mother of a 14-year-old Maryland girl who passed…
Whittel & Melton 352-369-5334 – Ocala Meningitis Outbreak Attorneys A 70-year-old Marion County man passed away in July after receiving a steroid injection from Florida Pain Clinic in Ocala, Florida. According to the Florida Department of Health, a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak is to blame. The total number of cases…
The New England Compounding Center, a pharmacy located in Framingham, Massachusetts that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products. The NECC announced the recall Saturday, claiming they were doing so because of the potential risk of contamination.…
Mims, Florida – Three teen boys were injured in an ATV crash Saturday afternoon in Brevard County after apparently crashing into each other on a road in Mims. The boys, ages 14 and 17, were airlifted to a nearby hospital. One of the boys was thrown from the all-terrain vehicle…
In a state-by-state ranking of regulatory departments conducted by the R Street Institute, Florida received the lowest point total, receiving a grade of F, in the think tank’s first ever “report card.” The report, released in June, compiled points through 14 categories, doling out the lowest point total of any…
A 22-year-old Tampa bicyclist was rushed to the hospital Wednesday night after sustaining critical injuries in a collision with a car. The man was riding his bike around 11:15 p.m. when he apparently rode into the path of a Honda driven by a 23-year-old Tampa woman. The Honda hit the…